New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-25
FEINCES CLETELiNDS HOME LIFE.

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costrnined vet dguiicd She talks Freely and frankly
hc I%shingiy divcris tie 10 books. or
people perhaps Ia the DRAMA Tor sue ie'srs 10
hin. Tor Tie theatre strong that she Is sure Se S
cur, H. She has also great fOntHe>s Tor opera IL
she knows how To Toe sarcastic she does l"l snow H. uc
+, moi critical With much OF the Tact or Dorothy Mao.
i.on r evidently prefers make friends rather than
enemies for her husband and hcrseL - se seeks 10
win, not 10 provoke while she addrr.-r' Yoh 20" are
the rcrson IN whom she IL most Interested
She IA. a o.r aud four or i've 0ther rooms on ,ns
second floor for her own use AMI ior the hc'toNn o
rue.ts Her houior opens upon central corridor
comfortably FURNISHED for and u-e ~ AMY slIiihg
SCENERY 10y American artists ON the walls lotT'l vi
tac President. brio hrac reryadIng ar OF home
likeness. and occasionally in the evening ile snou
tobacco smoke FROM the Presidents altcVuhhet clHd
All the ped chambers open mpun ms c%r n,,, Ie
CIRCULAR window hllc with stained glass ana fcicenr
VITA crowiag plants In sumner the fragr1n" from ie
just below ascrnds through 'hS Mhu"" 10
An cllt riser like the President his wife j. also Ike
her hn-hani busy during the day. sue dne' not assume
the mana cement 81 ihr house beyond suc o''''Iona
supervision may he necessary 10 maintain "li'. "'
regularity The morning brings ID her NOinh' "i
letters MAT ha- been constantly growins industries
writer IN m otherwise iriehdy pdIISInpn VIZ =, i
ago that Mr., Cleveland personally It-P2ihcd |" ~ a..
letters received by her An avAlanche followed 9he
had been receiving NON Ieiirrs 1il 'n' Vo'c
Now tuere were than sle could take tune 10 "p'li'
most " them contained requests ,"r S't',' :" bo
ding Distressed omen H&luus !" say q nun" H.
stead wrote loans o $4,000 To $1,000 to say. me
old place" one woman wrote IN ask for a Sl"ciIrd
number Of yards of velvet thl We 30 S h,l'. 49, G
In color. aud I'm addition she wished 10 nave e'uEn
AMI photographs there i no eni. ,, -, ,, -
To ntteuW 10 answer all these letters wouN pe ou Oh
~. question Tu read them az = unnecessary. IT MIS-
CLEVELAND undertook Ia respond fnNowb} 10 al wa"
vrl;e 20 her shc would keep stenosrapher AMI
photographer constantly AT work. she H0nh etNluiiN
& rrs,if OF her wardrobe aud she would bankrupt the
r,,.,lenf 20 A large part Of the correspondent i
uru,I over To one of The Executive clrrN- u ne il
svrred With a printed form signed hy COLONEL Ia mont
Mrs cleveland personally responding only 10 letters
from her per-Ou1l friends. ,, ,,
T,r MANY months after her marriage Mrs tleN'mnl
HI moi venture out the White nou'e GROUNDS exc !"
n ride The eager curiosity OF everybody 70 SO htI
trcy crowds even To her church door wien she VEN
-nnnpng she passed from her calrldte to sn"P uooI
het cen two line Of scru'niInE eyes FOR me ife"ioh
of The thing she walked avoiding te thoou -ltdr tlh-
ing with her Mrs, Lamont or one OF her Ni,lht lrthS
AMI latery great brown and white Il Briilifd PFC
seure 10 her hy New York ri,nds AM called haF io
II. rlyrrs Recently Mis- Cleveland has trlei to shop
nm hr avenue without carriage. she ana MS Lamont
got along Llmou>y tor day or Two, ~urplseu ana u-
hrht,d 10 escape general recognition III thrr hcht "a
tu.y Jrcsses ami small bOnnets The shop clerks Spo'h
cycrythins for a. they learned thAt nrs '"N'
land might he looked for md she appeared thc worn
went abroad all other business was suspended ANA Ill
mo neoplc in the establishment gave themselves hP 10
learning what tie Presidents wife was Duylhg $50
The afternoon is short NJ the Wnlc House ana the
time IL well occupied II Ms- Cleveland ha> oppor
tunty she reads Kind friends authors VINO WISH 10
have her .,ee their books, and publishers Sci her new
volrmes She gets from three 10 i've dhN Tor sluiy
shc has no me much rs her regrei Tor shr llds tHt
her German IL slipping away from her ana mat she can
make no headway with her French.